Crypto Fear and Greed Index Returns to 'Extreme Fear' at 18

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has slipped back into 'extreme fear,' standing at 18, down from 20 on Friday, CoinMarketCap shows. Sentiment briefly rose to 25 on Wednesday but contracted as geopolitical tensions between the US, Israel and Iran eroded risk appetite and increased macroeconomic uncertainty.

The index hit a yearly low of 5 in February amid the market downturn and headwinds including uncertainty over interest rate policy, liquidity levels and rising US government debt. Crypto assets have been in a bear market since the October 2025 crash, which cut Bitcoin's price by over 50% from its all-time high before a limited recovery and erased hundreds of billions of dollars in the altcoin market.

Altcoins are hardest hit: 38% are hovering near all-time low prices, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost said, and the collapse came with about a 50% reduction in trading volume.

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